Senator Elizabeth Warren delivered remarks on the floor of the Senate on May 15, 2013 calling for a vote to confirm Massachusetts native Gina McCarthy as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and denouncing Senate Republicans’ obstructionism. Last week, Senate Republicans took the highly unusual step of boycotting the Environmental and Public Works Committee markup — a procedural stunt to stall McCarthy’s nomination. In Senator Warren’s remarks, she called on Republicans to stop abusing filibuster rules and using procedural tactics to prevent the votes of Gina McCarthy and other Administration nominees.